The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 33 Qian Tong's Greedy Old Eunuch

The process of buying an official was extremely smooth and simple. When Zhang gave way to the mansion outside the imperial palace, he handed over a name card, stated his appeal, paid according to the price list, and then waited for the emperor to reply.

Generally speaking, as long as the money is enough, it is 100% possible to achieve what you want.

No other stories happened in the middle, and Zhang Rang did not give strangers a chance to chat with each other.

A person who can even let go of a bird will not trust anyone.

Cheng Yuanzhi knows that most eunuchs are extremely sensitive inside, which will cause him to feel that you are discriminating against him no matter how sincere you are.

So, why talk about friendship with the eunuch?
Zhang Rang took the money, only saying that it usually takes about seven days to buy an official.

He didn't say a word about things other than business, so Cheng Yuanzhi naturally wouldn't make fun of himself.

However, the price of the position of prefect is really ridiculously expensive.

The prefect of the Sili Department asked for 3 taels.

The prefects of five prefectures including Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Jingzhou are 2 taels; the prefects of the two prefectures in Youzhou, Bingzhou, who have border crises, all have 1 taels.

The prefects of other prefectures are usually around 8000 taels, including Yangzhou, Qingzhou, Liangzhou, and Yizhou.

These states are characterized by either remoteness or civil unrest.

The prefect under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhou is 5000 taels, and he has given a guarantee that he will not be replaced within three years.

Even so, no one is willing to buy the prefect of Jiaozhou.

Hanoi County happens to belong to Sili, and the asking price is 3 taels.

Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't afford it, and even if he exhausted all the savings of the Black Mountain Army, he only had enough for 2 taels of silver.

So I can only buy the post of Shangdang prefect who belongs to Bingzhou, which is close to Hanoi-only 1 taels.

When it comes to the price of Shangdang prefect, we have to talk about the situation in Bingzhou.

Right now, among the nine counties of Bingzhou that Dahan actually controls, only the two counties of Shangdang and Taiyuan in the south, and half of Xihe County in the south.

The five prefectures of Shuofang, Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Yanmen in the north, Shangjun and the other half of Xihe County have already become the territories of Xianbei, Xiongnu and other tribes.

Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Bingzhou has been a hard-hit area on the frontier, with a vast area and sparsely populated areas.

Liangzhou has a population of 42, which is the bottom of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, and Bingzhou is not much better. The Han population is only 70, which is only slightly more than the Hu people living here.

In sharp contrast are three prefectures with a population of 600 million or more, Jizhou, Yuzhou and Yizhou.

It can be seen from this that Bingzhou, a land with multiple ethnic groups coexisting, sparsely populated, and constantly battered, is destined to be a place of "continuous wars and chaos".

In fact, as early as Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's period, the Southern Xiongnu took over Bingzhou, and the Xiongnu Shanyu even set up the royal court in Meiji County, Xihe County, Bingzhou.

Afterwards, Wuhuan came to seek refuge outside the Great Wall, and Liu Xiu also arranged for them to settle in Youzhou and Bingzhou. Among them, the three counties of Yanmen, Taiyuan, and Shuofang in Bingzhou were used to resettle the Wuhuan people.

Liu Xiu originally hoped that these Hu people could guard the frontier for the great Han, and gradually Sinicize and become Han people.

In fact, these Hu people did accept comprehensive Sinicization and contributed to the stability of the northern frontier.

It's just that with the passage of time, this group of semi-Sinicized ethnic groups began to have their own ideas, and began to openly rebel and plunder the place.

During the period of Emperor Huan, Yunzhong and Wuyuan counties in the north of Bingzhou fell into the hands of foreigners such as the Xiongnu one after another; when Liu Hong was in power, the five counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, and Shangjun all fell into Wuyuan. Huan, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang and other tribes.

What Cheng Yuanzhi knew was that in a few years, the Hu people would kill the prefect of Xihe County and Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou respectively.

After that, he went south to invade Hedong, joined forces with the Baibo army, and ravaged the place-Cai Wenji was plundered by the Southern Huns around that time.

This shows that the situation in Bingzhou is serious.

Only Taiyuan Shangdang is left in the whole state, so it can't be serious.

While thinking about it, the sky gradually darkened.

Cheng Yuanzhi lit a candle, and through the gradually brightening firelight, fixedly stared at Zhang Yang on the opposite side.

The firelight illuminated Zhang Yang's face, making him a little embarrassed.

The closer he was to Cheng Yuanzhi, the more he could feel the fearfulness of the Marshal.

Sophisticated IQ, high-level planning, infallible strategies, and ruthless decision-making.

These can be seen from the fact that Yang Chou never complained until his death.

Either he was convinced that he lost, or Yang Chou didn't realize that he had hit a trick until his death.

Otherwise he wouldn't be so calm.

Zhang Yang would know this because Cheng Yuanzhi didn't avoid Yang Chou when he used the trap to kill Yang Chou.

In addition, this scene made him vaguely familiar.Reminds me of my boyhood when I trained horses in my hometown in the cloud.

At that time, if there was a stubborn horse in the village who was unwilling to obey and be domesticated, his father would take a kitchen knife and a chicken and kill it in front of the horse.

If the horse is not obedient, the sheep will be killed next.

Usually at this point the horse becomes frightened and gives in.

I'm definitely not that chicken. Zhang Yang wanted to look around, probably since Yang Chou was killed, he didn't dare to look at Cheng Yuanzhi.

Because the Marshal's eyes are too calm, so calm that he can't see any emotional fluctuations in them.

This made Zhang Yang feel scared.

He would rather fight a tiger hand-to-hand than face the commander-in-chief.

In the room, the oil lamp was burning, and the candle was flickering.

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Zhang Yang quietly, and when he was about to lose his temper, he opened his mouth:

"When you arrive in Shangdang, don't act too violently. Don't touch the interests of the aristocratic family for the time being. Just do a good job of recruiting and training soldiers. Take the time to find out where the barbarians gather in the nearby ministries."

"In addition, buy more horses, if you can't buy them, grab them, and build [-] cavalry within a year."

Zhang Yang nodded frequently, expressing that he would definitely do so.

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded and didn't say any more.Zhang Yang had stayed in Montenegro for a while and knew the power of military discipline.

When he comes to Shangdang, he will definitely implement this method.

It is estimated that the appointment of the imperial court will not come down until a few days later, and there is nothing to do these few days. Zhang Yang needs to go to various bosses to recognize his face and show his loyalty.

Among these bosses are Liu Hong who sells officials, He Jin who butchers pigs, the three princes of the current dynasty, and Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou who returned to Beijing to report on his duties.

Gifts are essential.

Only when all the bosses are comfortable, Zhang Yang's position as the prefect of the Shangdang will be completely secured.

Due to Liu Hong's misbehavior and his actions, the current imperial court is in a mess. Everyone who holds real power is seriously thinking about himself, and no one is willing to worry about the country.

Those literati who worry about the country are mostly not those in power.

In this situation, only by improving one's own strength can one be qualified to survive in this era.

After Zhang Yang took his leave, Cheng Yuanzhi took off his clothes, jumped into the big wooden bathtub, and began to wash his body.

Just as she was concentrating, the door was pushed open suddenly, Zhang Xiaoyu blushed and walked in with her head down.

Next time I take a shower...

There is no story at all.

When he stepped out of the tub, Cheng Yuanzhi turned into a gentle scholar, his loose clothes well concealed his strong body.

His white complexion also made him look very frail and pleasing.

Zhang Xiaoyu especially likes to stare at Cheng Yuanzhi's face, looking directly at it.

Originally, in this era, women were not allowed to stare at men, which meant immorality.

But Cheng Yuanzhi specifically allowed Zhang Xiaoyu to do so.

Because, it feels good and amazing to have a good-looking fan girl.

Women in this era should abide by the three obediences and four virtues, ask for advice on everything, raise their eyebrows together, can't eat at the same table, can't sleep in the bed, etc...

Violation of any of these is a violation of morality.

The consequences of losing morality are serious - being divorced, sent back to her mother's family, and her reputation is completely bad.

No one would dare to marry an immoral woman.

It is only in this world that a man dares to shout domineeringly, "Why does a man have no wife?"

However, Cheng Yuanzhi's other world has already evolved into "how can a big woman have no husband", "dog licking is everywhere", "enough waste and find an honest man to take over".

Only in this world can a man shout "A man can bend and stretch".

In this world, if a man bends down, he will not be able to straighten up...

……

Seeing that the marshal was in deep thought, Zhang Xiaoyu retreated lightly and closed the door.

It was night, Luoyang, the capital city of the Han Dynasty under the curtain of darkness, was peaceful.

(End of this chapter)